Canadian-Traveler

Earthquake!
At 5.31am I was still in bed. But I had noticed the slight rocking of the coach. Earthquake - I thought and checked it on the pages of the USGS. And there it was - a big blue square south of the border. It was  a 4.1 and only 0.2km under the surface. 

Magnitude	4.1
Date-Time	Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 13:31:40 UTC Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at 05:31:40 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	32.345°N, 115.235°W
Depth	0.2 km (~0.1 mile) (poorly constrained)
Region	BAJA CALIFORNIA, MEXICO
Distances	13 km (8 miles) WNW (298°) from Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico 40 km (25 miles) SSE (147°) from Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico 44 km (28 miles) SE (146°) from Calexico, CA 169 km (105 miles) E (97°) from Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 2 km (1.2 miles); depth +/- 3.7 km (2.3 miles)
Parameters	Nph= 33, Dmin=50 km, Rmss=0.48 sec, Gp=223°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=0
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID	ci15098716

We have had quakes here in earlier years. I remember a 4.7 which rocked us pretty good. And one year, we had just left the area a 7.2 struck the area and caused quite a damage on buildings on both sides of the border.

San Andreas Fault

Being that close to the San Andreas Fault we are aware of that earthquakes can occur at any time. When visiting the Joshua Tree National Park recently I was looking down on the San Andreas Fault from Keys View Point.

The good thing for us is that we are not in a building, but in an RV. It would take a lot to cause damage to an RV parked out in the desert. The worst scenario would be that roads break up and we can't get out.


Enjoy a quake-free day!